Chinese Hot Pot Guide (火锅)
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
A Chinese hot pot dining experience where diners cook a variety of raw ingredients in communal broth at the table. Includes guidance on broths, proteins, vegetables, noodles, and dipping sauces.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 to 2 hot pot bases (spicy, non-spicy, and / or other types you prefer)
- 1 thumb ginger (, sliced)
- 2 to 3 green onions (, cut to 4” (10 cm) pieces)
- Dried chili peppers ((optional, only for spicy pot))
- Lamb or mutton shoulder, leg, or any well marbled cut (, thinly sliced)
- Beef short ribs, ribeye, flank, sirloin, or other marbled cut (, thinly sliced)
- Pork loin, sirloin, shoulder or pork belly (, thinly sliced)
- Chicken breast or thigh (, thinly sliced)
- Fish balls
- Beef balls
- White fish ((marinate them Shaoxing wine, salt and cornstarch for a better texture))
- Squid or cuttlefish (, cut to bite-size pieces)
- Scallops
- Shrimp
- Shrimp cake, fish cake, and fish tofu
- Blocks of tofu (firm or extra firm) (, sliced)
- Yuba sheet (, sliced)
- Tofu knots
- Tofu sticks
- Deep fried tofu puffs (, halved)
- Frozen tofu (, thawed and sliced)
- Enoki (golden needle mushrooms) (, separated into smaller threads)
- Shimeji (, separated into smaller bunches)
- King oyster mushrooms (, sliced)
- Shiitake mushrooms (, sliced or halved)
- Wood ear mushrooms (, soak to rehydrate first)
- Oyster mushrooms (, separated into bite-size pieces)
- Napa cabbage (, sliced)
- Baby bok choy (, quartered or halved)
- Chinese broccoli (, Stem peeled)
- Yu choy (, tough ends trimmed and served whole or halved)
- Spinach
- Snow pea shoots
- Watercress
- Chrysanthemum leaves
- Chinese cauliflower (, separated into bite-size pieces)
- Winter melon (, sliced)
- Celtuce (, sliced)
- Lotus root (, sliced)
- Bamboo shoot (, sliced large bamboo shoot, or smaller long shoots served whole)
- Potato or sweet potato (, sliced)
- Daikon radish or other radishes (, sliced)
- Squash, kabocha or other types (, sliced)
- Corn on the cob (, cut to 2” (5 cm) long round pieces)
- Hand-pulled noodles or other fresh noodles
- Packaged dried noodles
- Vermicelli noodles
- Rice noodles
- Shirataki noodles (konnyaku)
- Rice cakes
- Frozen dumplings
- Beijing-style sesame dipping sauce
- Chili oil
- Dumpling dipping sauce
- Chinese sesame paste or natural peanut butter
- Soy sauce
- Shacha sauce
- Sesame oil
- Minced garlic
- Cilantro (, chopped)
- Green onion (, sliced)
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 60M
BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV
Complete estimate · 100% of estimated mass resolved
All countable ingredients resolved. Figures are per serving.
- Prep
- 30m
- Cook
- 30m
- Sodium
- 866mg
- Total sugar
- 4g
Added sugar is not shown when one or more ingredients lack reliable added-sugar evidence.
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 842mg
- Calcium
- 297mg
- Iron
- 5mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 30M
- SODIUM
- 866MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.